It has been cumbersome trying to determine exactly what
operating technical groups we have and who leads them. A current list of
groups and contacts will help M. Stratton recruit and direct new
participants.

There is an interest in having the committees be action oriented - coming into existence for purposes.

The SME center for education is already associated through common members.

Cross-linking groups is another way to create more activity. Examples are the CASA and Bioengineering groups.

The need for an ongoing link to the NCME / MATEC group is needed.

Ties to the NAMRI or research needs is an under-addressed
component. V. Hawks will explore new ties. This may include an appointee
to sit in for the MER calls.

revising accreditation criteria for manufacturing engineering
technology - discussion in updated criteria are being discussed in the
ABET-TAC group. The group is working towards submission to ABET by March
2011.

NAMRC 39 - The call for papers deadline extension to Nov. 15
and transitioning from publishing NAMRI/SME Transactions to NAMRC
Proceedings and papers fast tracked to Journals. The conference will be
held June 13-17, 2011 in Corvalis, OR. This is collocated with other
conferences and provides some unique opportunities. More collocated
events are also being considered.

The consensus was for an MER sponsored session on Sunday, June 5
as an afternoon session focusing on issues of broad appeal to SME
members, etc. Four key areas were identified for speakers and panels: 1.
K-12 programs that generate interest in engineering; 2. Curriculum 2015
report out; 3) Teaching manufacturing in non-manufacturing programs; 4)
Teaching leadership

Ron Bennett volunteered to lead efforts to cover teaching
leadership and Marshall Gartenlaub volunteered to lead coverage of K-12
programs that generate interest in engineering. Both will serve in a
leadership capacity to plan the Sunday session and will develop and
submit a session title by September 30 to Mark Stratton to pass along
for SME Conference promotion.

Saturday, June 4 was agreed upon as a MER Community focused meeting with suggested agenda items including: MER Community

mission, structure, issues; Tech Group meetings; C 2015
review, international activities in manufacturing education and other
agenda items. Val Hawks and Raju will lead the planning for this meeting
with assistance

Key deadlines to meet for information Gary Conkol volunteered
by Bob Mott, Hugh Jack and to be integrated into the Annual conference
promotion include: September 30 for the titles of the session and
meeting; October 30 for the general description of the session; and
January 15, 2011 for confirmed speakers, titles, etc.

Curriculum 2015 update

Bob Mott, Gary Conkol and Hugh Jack are meeting regularly and
are using the Wiki document and original C-2002 documents as a basis for
their work.

They plan to engage others and have the document completed for June 2011.

SME Center for Education status and progress

Bob Mott reported work is completed on SME key messages on education that will be distributed by SME President Barb Fossum.

There was a gathering of SME, ASME, and IEEE education people
in Dayton that initiated dialog about common content around the four
pillars of manufacturing. There is an agreed need for this to continue.

There is interest in exploring a relationship with ATMAE
(formerly NAIT) as there is much manufacturing in industrial technology
progams.

Work is progressing slowly on a presence for “education” on the
SME home page. Bob asked for volunteers to help develop content for
pages on careers and education programs. Marshall Gartenlaub will
provide input on careers. Others interested, contact Bob Mott.

Monitoring the MER Forum is an ongoing effort and Val will be taking a leadership position

Curriculum 2015 update (Hugh)

A draft survey was circulated and feedback was received

A critical mass is still needed, it might be better to reduce the group size

The older documents will be used as the basis for the new work

A very small group will be tasked with moving forward - Bob, Hugh, and Gary

a group call will take place Wed., Sept, 15 3-4pm - Mark will set up the call

MER/SME Annual Meeting update (Mark and Val)

Mark outlined the plans for the SME Annual Meeting (or maybe Conference) in Portland, OR

The organizers are looking for ways to support leaders with methods beyond leadership training

The event is expected to include a larger conference style component

We could incorporate a substantial MER meeting on Sunday

A workshop or similar event could be run on Saturday

the MER meeting could be held on Saturday so that members could attend other sessions of interest

Mark and Val looking for input soon, instead of later

There were some questions about the posted event information that indicated a call for speakers

Things could be run at the end of the event on Tuesday or Wednesday when tours are being offered

SME Center for Education status and progress (Bob)

Bob has been working with Barb Fossum on a focused document dealing with common education issues

There was a gathering of SME, ASME, and IEEE education people
to initiate dialog about common manufacturing content. Other groups are
being courted including the IIE. Hopefully this will include others such
as NAIT

Other Items

The SME may be distributing older copyies of the TMEH

The SME will be aquiring 'Tooling University' to expand training offerings

Chair Elect nomination and election - Raju Venkitaswamy was
nominated for Chair Elect, which changes to Chair in January 2011.
Motion: Raju V. as Chair Elect of the MER: yes 9, no 0 Passed.

Technical Group Reports

Bioengineering (Arif) - report not available

BAC (Gary)

Multiple projects with a few universities and multiple countries including efforts in Haiti.

The group is looking for ways to develop ties to other groups with similar efforts. Knowledge of groups should be sent to Gary.

Engineering.org (or engineeringforchange.org) can be a gateway to similar activities.

Tech Watch (Gary) - A change in focus has impacted the
direction of the committee. The tech watch might be better changed to a
standing community that cuts across all tech communities. (to be
considered at a future date.)

NAMRI Board

Will develop a co-located event with ASME manufacturing division in 2011.

A manufacturing Education Panel is being developed.

More ties should are being or will be developed with individual ties to the group.

Ron Bennett and Diane Chong have received support from the
group to act as liaisons. David Wells was identified as an alternate.

Accreditation Committee

Mark presented a web page outline for the group to provide
resources and information about the process, related groups, and
programs.

The new criteria are being reviewed by ABET and should be implemented by 2012.